1. Newsletter XXIII 2022 - June 01st to 09th - News+ Noam Chomsky: From Class Struggle to Green Revolution

    In fact, the goals of German foreign policy are not discussed enough. One comment * Romania | Coal phase-out | Gas | NuScale | SMR coal phase-out and nuclear power plant plans The electricity generation market in Romania is in transition. The Romanian government has announced that it will phase out coal two years earlier than originally planned - as early as 2030. A corresponding law is to...

  2. Newsletter XXII 2022 - May 27th to 31st - News+ The nuclear lobby is stepping on the gas again

    It doesn't have to be brilliant, pioneering, simple and good is enough. Think again... see for example here ↓ * Renewable | Storage High-rise buildings as batteries: Researchers turn elevators into electricity storage With the significant increase in renewable energy in our power grid, storage solutions are becoming increasingly important. Now a team has presented an interesting approach. Elevators can...

  3. Newsletter XXI 2022 - May 20th to 26th - News+ Politics of the forked tongue: They talk about peace but want war

    Ministries demanded. A new study contradicts this. * Iceland | Energy transition | Geothermal energy Iceland's energy transition Iceland has already completed a complete energy transition in heating and electricity generation. The decision to rely on hydropower and geothermal energy was made during the oil crisis in the 1970s. Other countries can also benefit from the experience...

  4. Newsletter XX 2022 - May 13th to 19th - News+ A flood of open letters and the day of freedom of the press

    They say they want to move away from Russian raw materials. However, Russia's dependence on uranium is forgotten - or deliberately overlooked. It's bigger than expected. * Europe | Electricity requirement | fossil Germany could do without fossil fuels by 2035 Germany could rely entirely on sun, wind...

  5. Newsletter XIX 2022 - May 05th to 12th - News+ The economic consequences of the Ukraine war

    Europe's largest solar pumped storage power plant goes online The Alqueva reservoir with its connected pumped storage power plant has a new green attraction. 12.000 floating solar panels will generate electricity from solar power and help lift the water. *Solar | Agriculture EEG 2023: Now agri-PV systems on grassland? The generation of solar power on grassland remains controversial...

  6. Newsletter XVIII 2022 - April 28th to May 04th - News+ wind vanes and pocket fillers in tireless use

    Opinion There is a lot of fire in the debate about arms deliveries. Some place the main aggressor not in the Kremlin, but among those who question the rhetorical armament * Bürgerstrom | Electricity price | Citizens' energy companies Study on energy sharing Citizens' electricity via the network from up to 25 kilometers A good 90 percent of all households could be members of energy communities and...

  7. Newsletter XVII 2022 - April 22-27 - News+ How Russia has Europe's nuclear energy in its pockets

    Following the reactor accident at the Ukrainian Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the situation on site has become more unstable again due to Russia's attack * Germany | Russia | Gas study: Germany has enough electricity to forego energy from Russia Germany wants to get out of its dependence on Russian energy, but is hesitant about gas. Calculate that no shortage of electricity is expected...

  8. Newsletter XV 2022 - April 08th to 14th - News+ Russian gas and the German energy transition: perspective yellow vests

    American oil imports from Russia are spread on social networks. Contrary to what is suggested, the USA is not permanently increasing its imports from Russia. * France | EDF | reactor breakdown | Electricity price Le Pen: "Don't pay for the mistakes Germany made" Macron's opponent wants to get out of the European energy market. The German attitude to the French...

  9. Newsletter XIV 2022 - April 01st to 07th - News+ Media: The truth and all the other victims

    8) Chernobyl, USSR * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de *** April 07th Renewable | France | reactor breakdown | Electricity price Electricity export from Germany: Renewables for France Germany once again delivered a lot of electricity abroad in the first quarter. This also has to do with problems in French nuclear power plants...

  10. Newsletter XIII 2022 - March 26-31 - News+ A month of war in Ukraine: developing a tragedy

    German nuclear debate because of the Ukraine war is “strange”. He calls for all nuclear facilities worldwide to be protected against the risks of war ** March 30 Renewables There has never been so much electricity from wind and sun. A tenth of the world's electricity now comes from wind and solar energy. Germany is well ahead internationally – but still has to stretch. * Wind...

  11. Newsletter XII 2022 - March 19th to 25th - News+ Collateral damage to the climate?

    The second nuclear reactor built by South Korea has come online in the United Arab Emirates. * Nuclear lobby | Reaction to Putin's demand for the ruble FDP deputy Kubicki wants to rely on lignite and nuclear power Putin's demand to pay for gas deliveries in rubles makes it clear once again that Germany has to break away from Russian gas supplies, says FDP deputy Wolfgang Kubicki....

  12. Newsletter X 2022 - March 07th to 11th - News+ Will the world end sooner than capitalism?

    Unlike in previous years, it was not full at the start of winter. This has led to rapid price increases on the market, but the situation in the individual EU countries is very different... * Electricity price | Bulgaria The lights are going out in Bulgaria. Bulgaria is suffering from extremely high electricity costs. And this despite the fact that the country produces so much electricity that it even exports it. How can this...

  13. Newsletter IX 2022 - February 28th to March 06th - News+ Farewell to Russian gas – who wins, who loses

    Financial planning will provide around 200 billion euros for the country's climate-friendly restructuring. These should be used, for example, for electric charging stations, hydrogen production or the reduction of electricity prices by abolishing the levy for renewable energies... * MiK | Whatever the case, it's always the pacifists' fault... More than "Gaz off": the climate movement and the war...

  14. Newsletter VIII 2022 - February 20-27 - News+ America's disastrous 60-year war

    for the peace rally against the Russian attack on Ukraine is huge: the police so far speak of a number of participants in the low six-figure range. At the same time, the influx from the surrounding area continues. * Russia | Ukraine Incident in Kiev Grenades hit nuclear waste storage facility After the battle over Chernobyl, a Russian attack again sparks fears of a nuclear...

  15. Newsletter VI 2022 - February 08th to 12th - News+ Energy Outlook USA: Renewable energies displace power generation from natural gas

    only on paper. - How realistic is implementation in Germany? - IMHO Such an old wine can also be a good vinegar, and it will only cost us a few paltry billions ;-) * Electricity price | Energy transmission Supergrid could halve electricity costs A fully networked European energy transmission system (supergrid) could, in the optimal case, reduce electricity costs by 48 percent...

  16. Newsletter IV 2022 - January 22 to 31 - News+ Four nuclear-armed states are ready for war - this treaty could stop them

    Lemke combative. - Some EU states will go to court, she announces. - She wants to help the regions with “danger maps” to protect them from floods. * For 20 years: Electricity industry provokes danger of blackout The electricity industry has so far been concerned about Switzerland's secure electricity supply. Now the Federal Council is finally taking countermeasures. * Fukushima: How critical are the...

  17. Newsletter III 2022 - January 15th to 21st - News+ Advancing the energy transition: The mills of the plain

    This is controversial among member states, and Germany also objects shortly before the deadline expires. The federal government sees it differently when it comes to gas, which is supposed to be a bridge solution. * Electricity: The global market for nuclear power plants will continue to weaken in 2021 The global market for nuclear power plants will remain in difficult waters in 2021 and will not get out of the valley. Already the third year in...

  18. Newsletter II 2022 - January 07th to 14th - News+ Draft EU taxonomy: chance of nuclear power surviving?

    sostenibile (Enea) have signed a contract to build a research reactor at the Romanian Institute of Nuclear Research in Pitești. * Nuclear lobby Contradictory nuclear power plant strategy of the electricity companies Axpo, Alpiq and BKW are against new nuclear power plants. At the same time, they sit on the board of the Nuclear Forum, which promotes new nuclear power plants. * Electricity price High electricity price causes EEG surpluses to exceed...

  19. Newsletter I 2022 - January 01st to 06th - News+ EU considers nuclear power plants to be climate-friendly

    to use nuclear weapons The five official nuclear weapons powers are in favor of a world free of nuclear weapons. The explanation is disingenuous. * France | EDF | Reactor breakdown Unsafe nuclear power Power outage: Almost 30% of French nuclear power plants shut down The situation in France is partly responsible for the high electricity price in Germany and shows: Nuclear power also offers no...

  20. Newsletter LIX - December 27th to 31.12.2021st, 27 - News+ December 2021th, 3 - Billions for Angra XNUMX

    ** Gronau | Urenco December 31, 2021 - "Decommissioning the Gronau uranium monster!" Nuclear phase-out December 31, 2021 - RWE shuts down several plants * Renaissance of...